What Makes A
Man Run?By: Glenn CunninghamPeople can't
understand what a man runs. They don't see any sport in it. Argue it
lacks the sight and thrill of body contact. Yet, the conflict is
there, more raw and challenging than any man versus man competition.
For in running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents.
The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversay lies within
him, in his ability, with brain and heart to master himself and his emotions.

Why Do Runners Run?By: Dan CroweI have seen
their tortured faces.I have heard
their pounding hearts.I have seen
their head bowed in the sorrow of defeat.I have seen
their hands hoisted in salute to the goddess of victory.I have wondered
why do runners run?I have seen
long lines running in the park.I have seen
them run to the accolades of a thundering crowd.I have seen
them run in the solitude of a rain-swept street.I have wondered
why do runners run?Is it a burning
inside or a thing called pride?The search for
an inner peace or the quest of a golden fleece?I believe the
gods decree that some people must run to prove the pain ins fun.

The Runners' HighBy: Anon.It's no longer sport,No longer just
a game.It has become a
way of life.Every breath is
a stride,Every heatbeat
a string of silence.It is
compulsion from deep within.It is a passion
for glory.To go through
the torment.To last through
the waiting.To gain that
one moment,Alone iwth myself.And olny the few,Who chance to strive,Can know the experience.To hear nothing
but breath.To feel nothing
but heartbeat.To feel so much
like hell,Running so
close to heaven.This is the
Runners' High.This is the
feeling I live for.This is the
goal I strive toward.If my chance disappears,Part of my life
would end.

"Pain is
temporary, but pride lasts forever"

"If you
want to run like Nedeti, think like Nedeti" - Jad Daley

"To
improve your form, you need to teach yourself how to relax. Because
your hands and forearms control relaxation, focus on your hands to
reduce tension during a run." - Ned Frederick, biomechanist at
Exter Reserch, Inc

"People
begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one
basic reason-to find out who we really are." - George Sheehan, M.D.

"Before
your next marathon, think about a person who helped make your
marathon possible. Then consider showing your appreciation by
dedicating the race to that person." - Joe Henderson

"There are
no standards and no possible victories except the joy you are living
while dancing your run....you are not running for some future
reward-the real reward is now!" - Fred Rohe, author of The Zen
of Running

"On the
roads, I can see truth revealed whole without thought or reason.
There I experience the sudden understanding that comes unasked,
unbidden. I simply rest, rest within myself, rest within the pure
rhythm of my running. And I wait." - George Sheehan, M.D.

"I have no
control over how fast my opposition can run. It's not like I can
tackle them. All I can do is work harder. Smarter. Train when my
opposition doesn't. In blood-chilling temperatures. Rain. Sleet. Wind."

"The foot
is the best piece of running equipment there is." "Act like
a horse. Be dumb. Just run."

"To be a
winner . . . all you need to give is all you have."

"You can
never run a hill too hard, you will collapse before hurting it."

"To run or
not to run? There is not question."

"I always
loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under
your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you
wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights
just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs."

"People
come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you
have within you..."

"The lives
of most men are patchwork quilts. Or at best one matching outfit with
a closet and laundry bag full of incongruous accumulations."

"In
America, anybody can become somebody..."

"I wasn't
invited to shake hands with Hitler, But I wasn't invited to the White
House to shake hands with the President either."

"A
lifetime of training for just ten seconds."

"It was
all right with me. I didn't go to Berlin to shake hands with him,
anyway. All I know is that I'm here now, and Hitler isn't."

"When I
came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came
back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the
bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted.
Now what's the difference?"

"They have
kept me alive over the years. Time has stood still for me. That
golden moment dies hard."

"I don't
jog because I can't run flat-footed. And at sixty years old you're
crazy to be out there running."

Tell your heart
that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And
that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its
dreams." Paulo Coelho (provided by Lauren Dieterich)

"I know
not anything more pleasant, or more instructive, than to compare
experience with expectation, or to register from time to time the
difference between idea and reality. It is by this kind of
observation that we grow daily less liable to be disappointed."
Samuel Johnson

"Sometimes
the most complicated and difficult situations and scenarios are
perfectly simple to understand and the seemingly simple compositions
of life are yet, unclear and misty, as they are half buried in
today's society and only some of the real truth is revealed to the
user, which is, society." (provided by Chaz)

Take courage
and accept the knowledge of understandingWe are alone
here; and yet, we are among manyEveryone around
you is someone uniqueWe are all
alone, struggling to succeedStruggling to
radiate, excelling our unique ideasAble young
individuals, stepping up to the challengesThat life
presents to us as we wakeInto the
amazing power of existence itself...

"Some
people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them
mercilessly into submission." ~ Neil Kendall

"Extra
effort is the key to success"

"Don't
waste a heartbeat!"

"Successful
people do things that unsuccessful people won't do"

"Winning
begins with an attitude"

"Winning
isn't always a victory, losing isn't always a defeat"

"Weak
runners wait for opportunities, strong ones make them"

"Winners
get the job done, losers make excuses"

"Talk is
cheap. Don't tell me what you can do, show me"

"The
tougher the experience, the tougher you become"

"It is
easier to stay up than to catch up"

"The only
one that limits you is yourself"

"Hard
work, given time, will beat all"

"Every day
is a great day"

"If you
want to be great, pretty good is really pretty bad"

"Run hard
when it's hard to run" Pavvo

"Most
people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has
the most guts." Steve Prefontain

"To give
anything less than your best is to sacrifice your gift." Steve Prefontain

"Start
writing a ew chapter, for if you live by the book you'll never make
history." Ben Sobel

"If you
train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat."
Herschel Walker

"The
minuet you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose,
you have lost." George Shultz

"You have
no control what the other guys goes. You only have control over what
you do." A J Kitt

"The will
to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital." Joe Paterno

"Set you
goals high, and don't stop till you get there." Bo Jackson

"Setting a
goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about
achieving it and staying with that plan." Tom Landry

"It's not
necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts;
it's what you put into practice." Eric Lindros

"If at
first you don't succeed, you are running about average." M.H. Alderson

"My
thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself.
'Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your
race, you'll win...Channel your energy. Focus.'" Carl Lewis

"The
winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.
Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what
they should have or would have done, or what they can't do."
Dennis Waitley

"Think
big, believe big, act big, and the results will be big." Anon.

"The more
I train, the more I realize I have more speed in me." Leroy Burrell

"The
Principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement,
about being better than you were the day before." Steve Young

"Every
morning in Africa a gazell wakes up. It knows it must run faster than
the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and it
knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve.
It doesn't matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun
comes up you better be running." Maurice Greene

"We told
our guys to hold on for thirty minuets of agony for 12 months of
glory. " Coach John McDonnell After Arkansas won the 1993 NCAA XC

"Somewhere
in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him,
he will win." Tom Fleming's Boston Marathon Sign

"Ability
is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you are
capable of doing. Attitude determis how well you do it." Lou Holtz

The Ten
Commandments of Running1. Train Hard2. Make Sacrifices3. Make
Positive Choices4. Seek your potential5. Set High Goals6. Relax Under Pressure7. Attack Pain8. Push the Pace9. Work As a Team10. Run To Win

"Success
is having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that is
enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of
purpose." Margaret Thatcher

"Success
is failure turned inside out." Anon

"We are
not interested in the possibilities of defeat." Queen Victoria